Taxon: Ruellia simplex C. Wright

Genus:

Ruellia

Family:

Acanthaceae

Subfamily:

Acanthoideae

Tribe:

Ruellieae

Nomen number:

455109

Place of publication:

F. A. Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6:321. 1870 (Fl. cub. 97)

Link to protologue:

Comment:

see Taxonomic Literature (TL-2) 5:79. 1985 for author

Typification:

Name Verified on:

17-Apr-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-Mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Common names:

Mexican blue-bells (Source: Trop Flow Pl) - English
Spanish-ladies (Source: Trop Flow Pl) - English

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (as Ruellia brittoniana)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
BRAZIL: Brazil (s.e.)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (w.)
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Cordoba, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman] Paraguay, Uruguay

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

References:

Ezcurra, C. & T. F. Daniel 2007. Ruellia simplex, an older and overlooked name for Ruellia tweediana and Ruellia coerulea (Acanthaceae) (Darwiniana) 45:201-203.
Llamas, K. A. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation. 2003 (Trop Flow Pl)
Weakley, A. S. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas. (F Carol Virg Georg)
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). (Atlas Florida)

Check other web resources for Ruellia simplex C. Wright :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?455109. Accessed 25 April 2018.